Artist and royalty disputes often happen when there is an overlap in royalty splits, or the cause could be as simple as a typo. Sound Exchange explains how they resolve these disputes…..
Spotify stock is up 63.7% since the start of 2024 and 133.7% in the last 12 months while most overall market indexes are up just 7% to 9% year to date. Spotify [NYSE: SPOT] closed Monday at $309.O7…..
With the first three months of the year just behind us, Jesse Kirshbaum looks at the trends and technology that are already reshaping music and the music industry this year…..
Warner Music Group announced on Saturday that it would not bid for independent music conglomerate Believe. No specific reason was given for the shift, but WMG was granted access to Believe financial data to guide their bid two weeks ago…..
Catch up on what everybody has been talking about with last week’s most-read Hypebot posts. We’ve got topics ranging from notable women in the industry to millions of tracks being deleted on platforms and more…..
Last week was a busy week by any definition; the music industry was no exception, with CD Baby and Downtown Music merging operations, Spotify changing how they allocate royalties the Records , and more…..
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